Minerva with Two Putti

MEDIUMPen and brown ink with brush and gray wash, heightened with lead white (partly discolored), on blue laid paper, laid down on card

DIMENSIONS21 × 16.8 cm (8 5/16 × 6 5/8 in.)

COLLECTIONPrints and Drawings

CULTUREHolland

CREDIT LINEThe Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

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